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In the shadow of the moon : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / Francis French and Colin Burgess ; with a foreword by Walter Cunningham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- French, Francis.
- Series:
- Outward odyssey.
- Outward odyssey
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space flight to the Moon.
- Astronautics--United States--History--20th century.
- Astronautics.
- Space race--History.
- Space race.
- Project Apollo (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Gemini Raises the Bar; 2. A Rendezvous in Space; 3. The Ballet of Weightlessness; 4. The Risk Stuff; 5. The Astronaut Enigma; 6. Starting Over; 7. Leaving the Good Earth; 8. A Test Pilot's Dream; 9. The Highest Mountain; Epilogue; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-425).
- ISBN:
- 9786611092146
- 9781281092144
- 1281092142
- 9780803209848
- 0803209843
- OCLC:
- 476102033
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